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  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... 're going to be amazing. https://youtu.be/W86cTIoMv2U?feature=shared&t=8 ... There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  situation. For a month, my father would try to call home only to get an ... meet back in 5 years. I propose a semi-joking plan to export organic rice ... can achieve the steps from plant to flour. Exporting needs to be figured

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  now you are the invisible daughter for your mom.   Distance is to ... back to my country (Peru) for a year, I began feeling homesick once again ...   Centimeters to Inches   Peering out of the plane

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  yourself is going to lead to the right outcome for you. This is true in ... )High school: Benjamin N. Cardozo HSCollege: MIT '86, mechanical engineering ... important in this world. And for all this passionate pursuit of excellence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I ... I couldn’t go—I had promised to go to a Puzzle Club event on Monday ... place over our student holiday, from Saturday, October 12th to Monday

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... also, well, created too many lines for computer programs to handle ... I wanted to post this a couple days before decisions came out but

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  received the Whatsapp message- “Sorry to bother, but I think I may be trapped ... for MIT's Global Teaching Labs, which sends students abroad to teach in ... , Girona[/caption] 9/8/2025 Dear blog, Last night, I arrived to Figueres

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  guilty for not constantly tooling. To my amazement, the wallowing never ... a disaster since they were fairly heavy and I didn't know how to ... , full of promise and mystery and challenges that I'm not prepared for but

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  bloggers. I usually have to wait for inspiration to hit before I'm able to ... use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of ... messaged him, Fireflies created a reminder for me to write up this post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  at a Spanish tapas bar. I for one was shocked to discover that tapas ... Spain interns last night, I gazed into my wallet to find a total of 6.86 ... cheap way to get my last Döner fix for a long, long time. Thankfully, 3

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  -- held its 2006 Forum last Thursday, and my friend Veena '06 invited me to ... '76 and Martha L. Gray, Ph.D., HST'86, the directors of HST. Read their ... poster session once I can steal them from the MIT News Office. I know for a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  . Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is ... Close. Caroline was totally unable to go for some reason such as sickness ... text for the first time to look up some fugacity equilibrium relations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  personal apology to the BC front desk (and also mother nature) for being ... to school for lunch most days, and I figured I’d try doing that in ... . Did I need three? Probably not. But they were on sale for $4 each, so

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  Line, my heavy suitcase and jet-lagged state convinced me to take the ... me for a few seconds longer than before. Walking over to me, he asked ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  opportunity for many of you to attend spring meetings hosted by ECs and alumni ... for college or head east to Cambridge. Fortunately, over the years I ... Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how ... because of the significantly higher prices. Good for a last minute gift or a ... carefully tracking your spending. Best prices for frozen vegetables, fancy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  complex concepts may be difficult for him to grasp (after all, truthiness ... Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  have an opportunity to re-fly tomorrow for better scores. However, when ... Today was the major flight day for most of the teams at the Design ... possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how ... students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  working in RGB mode - CYMK is sometimes buggy for me (click the triangle to ... best options for your trace, or click on the triangle to the right of the ... Some of my blogger friends and non-blogger friends have asked me to

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019